Research On The Function Of American University Education Think Tank

The think tank develops quickly in developed countries after the World War ?.According to Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by University of Pennsylvania from 2008 to 2016,American think tank is massive,with high quality,and significant.Among all of the think tank,American university education think tank depends on advantages of abundant talented people and comprehensive subjects to play a key role in the education policy research area.At present,the education in our country comes into a comprehensive reform new era,and specialized university education think tank is urgently needed.However,university education think tank is totally new to our country,and it is inevitable to present some problems in the progress of construction.And then,what is the university education think tank?What are functions of the university education think tank?To answer such questions is beneficial for the think tank to have a sustainable development.First of all,we use literature method to find out some documents related to university education think tank,and then make classification and conduct analysis.Moreover,from the angle of function,we summarize and analyze the experience from prior scholars,and have concluded the following 3 functions of American university education think tank.First,to think out policy scheme and participate in policy determination.Second,to provide communication platform and guide public opinion.Third,to cultivate the talented person in education and reserve the talented.And then,we take the Center for Education Policy Research as an example and analyze 3 functions of American university education think tank.Last,to come back to the university education think tank in our country and analyze the present situation of university education think tank.We think out the following functions of the university education think tank in our country,to meet the need of country strategy,to put up with policy scheme,to provide communication platform,and to cultivate the talented people in education.Through comparing the functions of education think tank in America and our country,we study the functions of American university education think tank and get the following inspiration,to identify think tank itself position,to put up with efficient policy scheme,to construct a variety of communication platform,to strengthen the expert construction,and to emphasis the talented people cultivation.